10.0% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 10.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
Kempsey · Suburb / Locality
Community Participation in Kempsey
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Only 10% of people in Kempsey volunteer their time, a figure well below the national average. This low level of community participation is a defining feature of the area, where fewer residents engage in unpaid work or child care compared to other parts of the country.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Just 10% of residents volunteer, which is much lower than most similar areas and well below the 14.1% national figure.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Far fewer people provide unpaid childcare here at 18%, which is well below the Australian average of 26.3%. While 19.7% do 15 or more hours of housework, about 12.6% provide some form of unpaid care, a figure slightly above the state average.
12.6% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 13.7%
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 12.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
18.0% ▲ +9.1%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 17.8%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
19.7% ▲ +15.2%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 17.1%
- 2016: 22.1%
- 2021: 19.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
A higher than usual 3.6% of people in Kempsey have served in the Defence Force, which is a little above the New South Wales figure of 2.3%.
3.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12103/kempsey/topic/community